Lets get down to brass tacks here. If you want to work hard everyday and not really have some of the freedoms of being an outside sales rep you will be fine here. Everyone forgets they get a paid company car, a paid cell phone, good benefits, excellent retirement (if you stick around that long), and profit sharing that actually pays out. Now with that being said there is a lot of demand on you. 8 calls sucks some days, the expectations can be on the unrealistic side, and there is pressure to close something every week. Are there jobs out there that you can get all of the above with less stress and smaller amounts of micro management......maybe not in animal health though. When you look at those jobs though take a look at all of the pharma companies that have been laying off recently. With the unknown of the current healthcare bill and how that will affect pharma companies its a big risk. Even Abbott has laid off quite a few pharma reps. This is not a job for everyone especially someone coming from the "milk route" type of pharma jobs. There is no perfect job, there are very few companies that dont micro manage especially right now AAH just does it more and some times a lot more. That does really depend on the manager though others have a much more negative experience than other because of different managers. I think with the senior management changes (Jill out of here) and how things are seeming to starts out I gasp when I say it on a positive note and with new products coming out in 2011 this could be a great opportunity for someone that can stick it out for the next year. Its not easy at all, same products for another year with high expectations of sales that may or may not be realistic. If you can make it through this year and if the products come out how they are suppose to there is a lot of money that could be made.
